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Of course the trial should be mooted. Right in the middle of it the Boston Marathon will be run. There is no way the judge can shield all the jurors from that coverage and the adverse influence it wil more »

If a DA died everything would continue along as usual until a new DA is named. In other words nothing really has to be done since all the prosecutors retain their powers until they are taken away. The more »

It's not a difficult case when you come down to it. There is little question that two bombs exploded killing some and wounding many and scaring the heck out of countless others. All the nonsense of sh more »

You just wrote one of the most moronic statements ever written. How can you suggest the East was not known? You obviously don't know it but the time of the Bible it referred to the people of the Orien more »

The editorial writers are not so interested in Boston University as they are their own shop. They cry out that the City Council must keep its hands off private enterprises. They do that because they w more »

Pay to play. Isn't that the name of the game in Beacon Hill? Is there any greater example of it than this? Hefner went to a two year college but what does that mean? Did he graduate? If not Regan is h more »

You shouldn't write about something you really know nothing about. Here are a few of the mistakes you have made in the article. The legal system does not have different standards than a medical examin more »

Patronage is not a crime. O'Brien ran an office that used patronage as a system for hiring. The idea that people hired through the patronage system are less qualified than others is not necessarily tr more »

Disgraceful article. The writer hides from the reader the identity of the FBI agent responsible for bringing about this remarkable achievement. He is John Connolly who was responsible for it. He is wr more »

Joan. I don't always agree with you but I've admired your courage to tell things as you see them, even though as I just suggested you sometimes are wearing blinders. Here you seem a little bit mamby p more »

Agree. Quickest way to get reinstated us to sue. College and living itself is so expensive compared to the times these rules were first made in the Fifties that the should have been modified years ago more »

Absurd article. It says football and some other sports she and million others enjoy are violent. It says she and others have suffered violence from others. It says some who play violent sports abuse p more »

"But Gary Chaison, a professor of labor relations at Clark University, said he doesnât think Market Basket will draw many new customers and may have trouble getting back some of its old customers, w more »

I read an article the other day by Ted Connolly who deals with this issue. It is at https://medium.com/college-football/spring-college-football-will-work-d994809d7c9a It makes a lot os sense. He sugge more »

I met the mayor once at a wake. He wasn't too impressive standing in line with a leather jacket. He looked more like a local gangster. That said, the Globe article about his involvement with women is more »

Juliette: I believe this a good article and you are on point in your suggestions. But perhaps you are wrong in tying it in with the Ferguson situation. The intitial police response there although some more »

It's about time William Bulger received some honor for his 37 years spent in political life where he did much good and no evil. The Boston Globe has disgraced itself in its relentless attempt to smear more »

Shirlee: You say: "it will have been their choice" when speaking of employees. That shows you don't get it. It's about having no choice other than sticking together to preserve their hard earned right more »

Mr Syre: New to town? Sounds it. Arthur T and Arthur S have been feuding since the 1980s. The blood between them is so bad that if you get near it you'd probably contract Ebola. Do you have any idea h more »

Your argument is that probation jobs are special jobs so even though patronage is all right, everyone agrees with that except some of the naysayers commenting here, patronage is not all right in that more »

What a rump swab! Won't watch the World Cup but then goes to a friendly at Fenway Park. Anything for the boss - now we have the nonsense of comparing Liverpool with the Red Sox. Give me a break. It mu more »